Server management

A new VPS is yours to configure as root. Its IP, root password and billing live in the DataPasa panel, and VMmanager adds power buttons plus a console that runs in your browser.

Begin with the SSH article. The rest are here for when a task comes up.

• Connect via SSHFind your server IP and root password in the DataPasa panel and connect over SSH from Windows, macOS or Linux. Includes key login and first security steps.
• Manage in VMmanagerOpen VMmanager from the DataPasa panel with one click to control your VPS, use the VNC console and work with the virtual machine directly.
• Delete a serverDelete a DataPasa VPS from the Cloud Servers page to stop hourly charges. What happens to your data and IP addresses and how to prepare before deleting.
• Outgoing mail portsWhy outgoing SMTP ports are closed on every DataPasa VPS, how to ask for them to be opened and how to send email from your server without them.
• Set up SSH keysCreate an ed25519 SSH key on Windows, macOS or Linux, add it to your VPS and turn off password login safely without locking yourself out of the server.
• Secure your VPSFirst hardening steps for a new Ubuntu VPS. Install updates, add a sudo user, set UFW rules, block SSH brute force with fail2ban and enable auto updates.
• Install Docker on UbuntuInstall Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04 LTS from the official apt repository, run it without sudo and fix common errors.
• Back up your VPSDataPasa VPS plans have no built-in backups. Set up encrypted restic backups to any S3-compatible bucket with a systemd timer, retention and test restores.
• Monitor with Uptime KumaSelf-host Uptime Kuma on a VPS with Docker Compose, put it behind Caddy with automatic HTTPS and get downtime alerts in Telegram in about 15 minutes.
• Docker Compose on UbuntuGet Docker Compose v2 on an Ubuntu server, move off the old docker-compose, and run an app with PostgreSQL, health checks, an .env file and safe ports.
• Compose commands cheat sheetDocker Compose commands by task: start, stop, logs, exec, run, pull, build, config, profiles, watch, plus the flags that bite, such as down -v.
• Install Docker on DebianInstall Docker Engine and the Compose plugin on Debian 12 or 13 from Docker's apt repository, with sudo setup, the docker group, firewall pitfalls and fixes.
• Uninstall DockerRemove Docker completely from Ubuntu or Debian. Purge Docker CE, docker.io or the snap, delete data safely after a volume backup, clean up the repo and group.